So I'm faced with a little dilemma. Heres my story:

I have an '03 A4 with about 56k on it. When the car was bought, we purchased an extended warranty for about 2k (stupid I know). Anyways, on this warranty, as long as you have proof of maintanence and oil change, it will cover anything that goes wrong with the car (with $100 deductible). Now heres the question. Do I do the timing belt at around 60-65k, or do I wait until it snaps and breaks my engine? Technically, because Audi doesn't require the timing belt until like 100k+ if the timing belt went at 75k lets say, the entire thing would be replaced for 100 dollars, therefore sorta getting my moneys worth for the warranty. Having thetiming belt break, will this have bigger implications for the engine even if it were to be fixed?If you were in my position what would you do?

 

i see wut u mean but think of this. say they go ok we'll put in a new engine. the new engine won't always be perfect. actually they own't put in a brand new one but one that has similar miles and same specs. after it's in, there's always a chance of getting a CEL. i think u should just dish out the money and get it done. now if it was anything else on the car i would say do it lol. u can pull that off with ur tranny though. if u want to, i kno sum1 who can ruin ur tranny rly fast. no tricks, just by driving lol.

 

takeevery penny you canfromthose bloodsuckers. you have a warrenty, and as long as you follow their rules, you have nothing to feel sorry about.

 

03's are a lot more reliable with there timing belts. you can go past 100k on them. If your playing safe i would do it at 80 or 90k

 

What if it does not snap? Just change the belt! Always better safe then sorry!

Truth about warrants! The dealer will buy that warranty for $300-500 and sell it too you for 2k all day. They will also tell you the bank is making you buy it! I did this day in and day out in the auto biz! Thank god I got out! If you cancel a warrenty to get your money back guess what ya get $300-500. If ya can always buy it yourself.

 

I would go ahead and do it, dont chance anything...stealerships like to weasel out of warranties any way they can...

 

watch out for the fine print!!!!!

 

thats where they get you....ALWAYS read ALL of the warranty material before purchasing it

it probably says something thats a sort of "umbrealla" protection....because you purposefully letting you timing belt go could void the warranty

 

Dealers love selling the warranty as it just makes more pocket lining! They even want to fix the car more! The service side usually makes more money then the sales side! They love the warranty work! They never want to turn it away! Sometimes they do as the warranty company will drop them if they just fix everything! They do this so they can keep the money coming. Now the factory warrant they are a lot more nit picky about things. That type of warranty work looks bad on the Dealer. Audi don't wanna pay out money to fix their cars! That's why warrantys are so short from the factory!

 

Hey guys, warranties from the maker aren't so short. Those of us who are older remember the mid 70s and 80s where all you got was 12 month, 12000 miles.

As far as the timing belt goes, you don't need to change on a 2003 until much higher. You should be safe until 90 at least. Most of the premature timing belt failures were actually the tensioner failing. This was updated in 2000 to a more reliable design.